We are not born for ourselves alone.

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?

We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.